Nat Turner was a slave who led a rebellion in 1831. Students are tasked with creating a cereal box advertisement to portray Nat Turner in a positive light for Black History Month. They must research Nat Turner's place of birth, date of birth, date of death, and what he did using various websites. Students will choose a painting of Nat Turner to feature on the cereal box that meets certain criteria. Their cereal box will be graded based on inclusion of researched details, design, and timely submission.

1. Name:
Nat Turner Web Quest
Welcome:
In this web quest you will explore and learn about the famous slave Nat Turner by
looking through websites and recording information in your writing journal. Later
you will be assessed on your knowledge of Nat by portray what you learning on a
cereal box advertisement.
Introduction:
You have recently been hired a Munch-O’s cereal company and it’s black history
month. Your boss tells you that your focus is on slavery and you must portray a
positive image of Nat Turner in a limited edition cereal paying tribute to him.
Task:
You will record your answers to each of the questions in your writing journal to log
your information that you will later display on your cereal box!
Process:
Background information: Explore this website and find these 3 specific details,
Nat’s… 1. Place of birth 2. Date of birth 3. Date of death
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Turner
Next you will need to summarize what DID he actually do. Use this website to help
you summarize Nat’s impact on slavery.
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6811/
Now, you will look at a painting of Nat, how do you feel the painting is portraying
Nat? Why? (Refer to document 1)
http://ctah.binghamton.edu/student/nash/nashprint.html

2. Next, you must pick a photo that will displayed on the cereal box of Nat. The photo
will be picked from the website below but it must have these qualifications. 1. It
must be a painting 2. Nat can be the only person displayed in the painting photo.
https://www.google.com/search?q=nat+turner&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=
yCtoU4PaJ9HmsASYuYD4BA&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1240&bih=664
Evaluation:
Grading Rubric
All answers were
portrayed on
cereal box in a neat
manner 10
Half of the answers
were displayed but
not all were shown
5
No answers were
shown on cereal
box and it was not
neat 0
4/6 sides were
decorated and neat
and creative 5
2/6 sides are
decorated but not
neat or creative 3
1/6 sides are
decorated and not
neat at all 0
Cereal box was
turned in on time
5
Cereal box was a
day late
3
Cereal box was
turned in more
than 2 days late 0
Conclusion:
With your job on the line, hopefully you construct a wonderfully creative and
informative cereal that will let all children know the great impact that Nat Turner
portrayed when he was a slave and how his actions defined and changed history
forever.